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Community College Humanities Association 2017 National Conference Hosted by the Community College of Baltimore County Breaking Boundaries: The Humanities Reimagined November 9–11 The Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel Baltimore, MD #CCHA17 Breaking Boundaries: The Humanities Reimagined Welcome Conference Planning Team Dear Conference Attendee: National Office: On behalf of the Community College Humanities Association’s Board Andrew Rusnak c/o Community College of Baltimore County, MD of Directors, I’d like to take this opportunity to extend a very warm welcome 7201 Rossville Blvd., Baltimore, MD, 21237 to Baltimore for CCHA’s national conference, Breaking Boundaries: The Phone: 443.840.5180 Humanities Reimagined. Greg Campbell, Conference Chair As you know, CCHA has undergone a significant transformation in Fran O'Connor, Program Chair the past year. The organization has successfully transitioned from its former Community College of Baltimore County, MD home in Newark, New Jersey, and Essex County College to the Community Members of Planning Committee: College of Baltimore County. New staff objectives include bolstering insti- tutional membership, producing larger and more accessible conferences with Haleh Azimi, Local Arrangements Chair Laura Trauth, Local Program Chair progressive, challenging programming, and providing more tangible benefits Mel Barry to individual faculty members. Cassady Chesnut Annmarie Chiarini CCHA and the humanities education it represents for community Linda De La Ysla college students needs to grow, to be more visible to all community colleges Ryan Donnelly and higher education in general, to have a stronger voice. Our advocacy Jessica Floyd Guillermo Gibens for the humanities has never been more important, and the skills and Heather Harris understanding our students build in the humanities have never been more Bernadette Low personally and professionally valuable. When you add your voice—and Sarah Morales support—to CCHA’s we expand our impact and influence. We need to do Billy Tooma both. The connection and deep learning made possible by the study of the Suzanne McCormack, Exhibits Garrett Brooks, Graphic Designer humanities are essential to empowering the full diversity of our communities to tackle the world’s biggest challenges. Board of Directors Please use this time at CCHA to think about those boundaries that hinder us from imagining a new future that builds on the past, embraces Anne M. Kress, Chair Constance Carroll growth in our traditional disciplines, creates new subject-matter, and expands Sandra Kurtinitis our visibility and relationships with others. This conference offers diverse Mick Starcevich programming. Attend as many sessions as you can, ask questions, share your Brian Murphy thoughts, and take home valuable, practical ideas you can apply in your Andrew J. Rusnak classrooms. Don’t hesitate to seek out a staff member and ask how you can be Divisional Presidents involved. This is your association, help it grow. And enjoy the culturally rich city of Baltimore, Maryland. Amy Clark Knapp, Central Rebecca Williams, Eastern Tina Redd, Pacific-Western Sincerely, Wes Lites, Southern Linda Sears, Southwestern National Staff Dr. Anne Kress Executive Director: Andrew Rusnak President, Monroe Community College Deputy Executive Director: Billy Tooma Chair, Board of Directors, Greg Campbell Deputy Executive Director: Community College Humanities Association Director of Special Projects, Conference, and Volunteer Recruitment: Fran O'Connor Director of Communications and Marketing: Jessica Floyd Director of Membership: Daniel Lewis Director of Publications: Sydney Elliott Office Administrator: Catherine Feehley Community College Humanities Association 2017 National Conference At-A-Glance Thursday, November 9th 7:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. Pre-Conference Workshop 1 Tour of Washington, DC 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Board Members Lunch 12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Pre-Conference Workshop 2 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Pre-Conference Workshop 3 2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Pre-Conference Workshop 4 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. CCHA Board of Directors Meeting Federal Hill 11:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Registration 12:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Exhibits 5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Opening Reception 6:00 p.m.–7:45 p.m. Plenary Session 1: D. Watkins Friday, November 10th 7:15 a.m.–8:10 a.m. Continental Breakfast 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Exhibits 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Registration 2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Registration 8:15 a.m.–9:10 a.m. Concurrent Sessions 1-10 9:15 a.m.–10:10 a.m. Concurrent Sessions 11-20 10:10 a.m.–10:25 a.m. Coffee Break 10:30 a.m.–11:25 a.m. Concurrent Sessions 21-30 11:30 a.m.–12:25 p.m. Concurrent Sessions 31-40 12:30 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Banquet Luncheon, Plenary 2: Janine di Giovanni 2:05 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions 41-50 3:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m. Coffee Break: Maryland Foyer CB 3:20 p.m.–4:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions 51-60 4:15 p.m.– ______ Membership Committee and Diversity Committee: all welcome Reception: Cash Bar and hors d'oeuvres to follow Saturday, November 11th 7:00 a.m.–8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast 7:30 a.m.–9:00 a.m. Divisional Business Meetings 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Exhibits 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Registration 9:15 p.m.–10:10 a.m. Liaison Officers Workshop 10:30 a.m.–12:25 p.m. Deans' Committee 2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Registration 9:15 a.m.–10:10 a.m. Concurrent Sessions 61-70 10:10 a.m.–10:25 a.m. Coffee Break 10:30 a.m.–11:20 a.m. Concurrent Sessions 71-80 11:30 p.m.–12:25 p.m. Concurrent Sessions 81-90 12:30 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Banquet Luncheon, Plenary 3: "Bert" Phillips 2:05 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions 91-100 2:45 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Coffee Break: Maryland Foyer CB 3:20 p.m.–4:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions 101-110 4:20 p.m.– _______ Post-Conference Workshops and Special Events Post-Conference Reception and hors d'oeuvres #CCHA17 2 The Keynote Speakers D. Watkins D. Watkins is the Editor At Large for Salon. His work has been published in The New York Times, Guardian, Rolling Stone, and other publications. He holds a master’s in Education from Johns Hopkins University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Baltimore. He is a college professor at the University of Baltimore and founder of the BMORE Writers Project. Watkins has been the recipient of numerous awards including Ford’s Men of Courage and a BME Fellowship. Watkins is from and lives in East Baltimore. He is the author of The Cook Up: A Crack Rock Memoir and The Beast Side: Living (and Dying) While Black in America. Janine di Giovanni As of September 2017, Janine di Giovanni will be the Edward Murrow Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Affairs in New York researching Syrian minorities. She is the former Middle East editor of Newsweek and a recent Pakis Scholar at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, where she focused on Track 2 Diplomacy, International Law and International Security as well as war crimes In 2016, she was awarded the Courage in Journalism Award for her distinguished work in war zones focusing on tracking war criminals over the past 25 years, most recently, Syria. Currently working in Syria and Iraq, she is focusing on ISIS and other insurgency groups in the Middle East, but her overall thesis is on talking to non-state actors to reduce conflict and providing political representation post-war to minorities. Her most recent book, The Morning They Came for Us: Dispatches from Syria has been called “searing and necessary” by the New York Times and has so far won three awards a well as being named one of the best human rights books in 2016. It has been translated into 18 languages so far, and has won three awards in 2016. It is shortlisted for the Helen Bernstein Award at the New York Public Library for Excellence in Journalism. A skilled analyst, communicator and strategist, she is also non-resident International Security Fellow at the New America Foundation and an Associate Fellow at The Geneva Centre for Security Policy, where she moderates their geopolitical debate series. She is a former Ochberg Fellow at Columbia School of Journalism, given in recognition of her work with victims of trauma. She is a frequent moderator of high-level panels, an analyst on foreign policy at conferences and has worked for the World Economic Forum, the World Bank, the UN, Harvard’s Kennedy School; Princeton, the LSE, and many other institutions. In 2014, she also worked for the Center for Conflict, Negotiation and Recovery at Central European University with a focus on transitional justice in Aleppo. Her TED talk on conflict resolution and transitional justice, filmed at the USIP, has reached more than 950,000 viewers. She is a former adviser on the Syria conflict to the UNHCR, and has advised senior officials on policy for the EU, NATO and others. She was a delegate to William Hague’s conference on addressing sexual violence during conflict and has published extensively on the subject. As a journalist, she has reported war, conflict and its aftermath for more than 25 years in the Middle East, the Balkans and Africa. She has witnessed the siege of Sarajevo, the fall of Grozny 3 The Keynote Speakers and the destruction of Srebrenica and Rwanda in 1994 as well as more than a dozen active conflicts where she was a front-line witness.